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JMES GONDOUIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORHTO HIMSELF AND FELIXAUMERLE, OF THE SAME PLACE.v i

, i Letters Patent No. 71,378, elated4 November 26, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FUNNELS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i Be it'known that I, JAMES GONDOUIN, of thecity and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied 4 to use, acertain new and useful Improvements in Funnels';I and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being hadlto the annexed drawing; making part of this specification, whereinl i.n

Figure 1 is a vertical section -of my improved funnel and Figure 2 is a.plan of the same. Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. gThe object of this inventionis to prevent the waste of liquids in thefilling of bottles, barrels, and other vessels by the overflow of suchliquids.

4 My said invention consists in a funnel provided with a. valve` held upby a latch,`that is relieved by the rising of -a Hoet, and allows thevalve to fall and stop the further discharge of `liquid from the funnchBy this device the funnel becomes self-closing, and the attendant canperform much more work thanheretofoie,

' because he does not have to examine and see when the vessel is full;he only-has to supply the liquid into the i funnel or series of funnelshe may be using, and the rise of the liquid in tlremeceiving-vesselcauses the shutting f oiiof further supply when n. given point has beenreached, the remainder of 'the liquid remaining inthe funnel.

In the drawing, a represents the conical portion of the4 funnel, and bthe nozzle. i c is a valve-seat at the bettom'of the tapering portion a,and d is a valveupon a hollow stem, e, that is guided in the `bridges fand z'.

g is a float with a. stem or light wire, 7L, extending up in thevalve-stem e, and terminating as a ball or block, n.V

Z is a latch upon a fulcrum, lc, that has an inclined lower end, and mis a feather upon the stem e, to guide it in the bridgef, and alsoprovided with o. head below the bridge to prevent the valve, stern andlatch I being'rniscd above the point shown in g. 1, where it will beseen that the ball n within the stem'e preventsthe latch Z passingintosaid stem,'hence that the valve and stem will be held up bytheinclinod end of said latch, but when the liquid running through thefunnel rises in the vessel so as to lift the oat g, the; bloclc 'nmoving up-allows i the latch to turn into-the stom e, and the valve dinstantly closes, retaining the contents of the funnel, and preventingwaste by overflow. The funnel is -again caused to discharge its contents`by simply lifting `the stem e, and valve d, the weight of the floatcausing its ball n to press out the latch to the position of'fig'. 1.

What I claim, and desire tol secure by Letters Patent, is-

The funnel a, and valve ,in combination with a dont, g, latch Z, andblock n, suhstantiallyias and for the I purposes set forth. n

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature, this 11th day ofOctober, 1867.

' d. GONDOUIN.` Witnesses:

Ones, H. SMITH, GEO. T. PrNcKNnv.

